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Drew Peterson pleads not guilty in murder-for-hire plothttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3390494-drew-peterson-pleads-guilty-murder-for-hire-plot.html
CHESTER, Ill. (AP) — Drew Peterson, a former suburban Chicago police officer convicted of killing his third wife and suspected in his fourth wife's disappearance, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who helped put him in prison.
Peterson's feet were shackled as he waived a preliminary hearing in the court in Randolp...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:46:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3390494-drew-peterson-pleads-guilty-murder-for-hire-plot.html2015-03-03T18:46:00ZNew Delhi gang-rapist: She shouldn't have fought backhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3391162-delhi-gang-rapist-fought.html
NEW DELHI (AP) — One of the men sentenced to death for raping and killing a woman in a brutal 2012 gang attack on a New Delhi bus says in a TV documentary that if their victim had not fought back she would not have been killed.
Instead, the 23-year-old woman should have remained silent and allowed the rape, said Mukesh Singh, who was driving the bus for m...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:25:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3391162-delhi-gang-rapist-fought.html2015-03-03T18:25:00ZEx-Rhode Island Speaker Fox pleads guilty to federal chargeshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3391208-ex-rhode-island-speaker-fox-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charges.html
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox has pleaded guilty to charges of bribery, wire fraud and filing a false tax return following an investigation that included a dramatic federal raid on the Statehouse.
Fox appeared in federal court Tuesday. The government has recommended a three-year prison sentence. Fox maintained his co...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:14:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3391208-ex-rhode-island-speaker-fox-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charges.html2015-03-03T18:14:00ZLawyers: Georgia officials indecisive about executionhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3390774-lawyers-georgia-officials-indecisive-execution.html
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — Before they ultimately postponed an execution at the eleventh hour, Georgia officials were indecisive about whether they should proceed with a cloudy injection drug, according to a court filing.
Kelly Renee Gissendaner was set to die at 7 p.m. Monday. Corrections officials told reporters around 11 p.m. that they were postponing the exe...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:13:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3390774-lawyers-georgia-officials-indecisive-execution.html2015-03-03T18:13:00ZUS: Ex-CIA chief admits mishandling classified informationhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3391512-us-ex-cia-chief-admits-mishandling-classified.html
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose once-bright political future was all but destroyed over an affair with his biographer, has agreed to plead guilty to sharing classified material with her, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
The plea agreement — which carries a possible sentence of up to a year in prison — represents a stunni...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:01:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3391512-us-ex-cia-chief-admits-mishandling-classified.html2015-03-03T18:01:00ZKenya destroys 15 tons of ivory taken from poachershttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3391486-kenya-destroys-15-tons-ivory-taken-poachers.html
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president set fire to 15 tons of elephant tusks during World Wildlife Day Tuesday to discourage poaching and trade in ivory.
Twenty-five years since ivory trade was banned, new demand from emerging markets threatens Africa's elephants and rhinos, President Uhuru Kenyatta said at the event. African countries are concerned abou...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:40:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3391486-kenya-destroys-15-tons-ivory-taken-poachers.html2015-03-03T17:40:00ZFerguson officials to meet with Justice Departmenthttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3391374-ferguson-officials-to-meet-with-justice-department.html
ST. LOUIS (AP) — City leaders in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson will meet Tuesday with U.S. Department of Justice officials to discuss a federal investigation of the police department stemming from the August shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer, a city official said.
A person in Ferguson city government with knowledge of t...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:58:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3391374-ferguson-officials-to-meet-with-justice-department.html2015-03-03T15:58:00ZSwitzerland to automatically share tax data with Australiahttp://www.mail.com/business/finance/3391384-switzerland-to-automatically-share-tax-data-with-australia.html
BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland has signed an accord with Australia aimed at cracking down on tax evaders.
The joint declaration signed Tuesday in Canberra will see the countries automatically share tax information on each other's citizens by 2018. Swiss Finance Ministry spokesman Mario Tuor said it's the first time Switzerland has pledged such an automatic inf...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:38:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/business/finance/3391384-switzerland-to-automatically-share-tax-data-with-australia.html2015-03-03T15:38:00Z10 Things to Know for Todayhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3390894-10-things-to-today.html
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. NETANYAHU SET FOR CONGRESS SPEECH
The Israeli leader will deliver a stern message about any nuclear deal with Iran, straining relations with the White House even more as talks between Washington and Tehran's chief diplomats contin...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:48:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3390894-10-things-to-today.html2015-03-03T14:48:00ZProminent lawyer fatally shot in Mozambiquehttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3391172-prominent-lawyer-fatally-shot-mozambique.html
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Assailants in Mozambique on Tuesday killed a prominent academic and expert in constitutional law by firing on the car he was riding in along a central thoroughfare in Maputo, the capital, authorities said.
Gilles Cistac died of his wounds after he was brought to Maputo Central Hospital, said Dr. Joao Fumane, the hospital's genera...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:39:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3391172-prominent-lawyer-fatally-shot-mozambique.html2015-03-03T14:39:00Z3 officers in LA Skid Row death had training on mentally illhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3390752-3-officers-la-skid-row-death-training-mentally-ill.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The three officers who fired their weapons in a videotaped struggle that left a homeless man dead were veterans of the beat on Los Angeles' downtrodden Skid Row who had special training to deal with the homeless and mentally ill, police leaders said.
Police Chief Charlie Beck said the officers had "completed our most extensive mental il...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 08:17:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3390752-3-officers-la-skid-row-death-training-mentally-ill.html2015-03-03T08:17:00ZExecution of Georgia woman postponed; problem with drughttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3390462-execution-georgia-woman-postponed-problem-with-drug.html
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia postponed its first execution of a woman in 70 years late Monday because of concerns about the drug to be used in the lethal injection.
The pentobarbital was sent to an independent lab to check its potency and the test came back at an acceptable level, but during subsequent checks it appeared cloudy, Georgia Department of Corre...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 05:38:38 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3390462-execution-georgia-woman-postponed-problem-with-drug.html2015-03-03T05:38:38ZLA police chief: Man killed on Skid Row reached for gunhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3388690-la-police-chief-man-killed-skid-row-reached-gun.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police fatally shot a homeless man on Skid Row during a "brutal" videotaped struggle in which a rookie officer cried out that the man had grabbed his gun, the Los Angeles police chief said Monday.
Video showed the man reaching toward the officer's waistband, Chief Charlie Beck said. The officer's gun was found partly cocked and jammed w...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 05:13:04 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3388690-la-police-chief-man-killed-skid-row-reached-gun.html2015-03-03T05:13:04ZFormer Va. governor's appeal cites broad bribery definitionhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3390366-va-governors-appeal-cites-broad-bribery-definition.html
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said in court papers Monday that his conviction on several counts of public corruption was based on an overly broad definition of bribery and a flawed explanation of what constitutes an "official action" by an elected official.
McDonnell made the arguments in the opening brief of an appeal filed in t...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 03:31:38 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3390366-va-governors-appeal-cites-broad-bribery-definition.html2015-03-03T03:31:38ZExecution of Ga. woman on hold pending Supreme Court rulinghttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389264-execution-ga-woman-hold-pending-supreme-court-ruling.html
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — The execution of the first female in Georgia in 70 years was on hold Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed last-minute arguments by her lawyers that they hoped would persuade the nation's top justices to grant a stay.
Kelly Renee Gissendaner, 46, was scheduled to die by injection of pentobarbital at 7 p.m. in the state prison for t...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 03:11:01 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389264-execution-ga-woman-hold-pending-supreme-court-ruling.html2015-03-03T03:11:01ZMom convicted of killing son, 5, by poisoning him with salthttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389588-mom-convicted-killing-son-5-poisoning-with-salt.html
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who blogged for years about her son's constant health woes was convicted Monday of poisoning him to death by force-feeding heavy concentrations of sodium through his stomach tube.
A jury in the New York suburbs found Lacey Spears, of Scottsville, Kentucky, guilty of second-degree murder in the death last year of 5-year-ol...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 02:37:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389588-mom-convicted-killing-son-5-poisoning-with-salt.html2015-03-03T02:37:00ZFeds want boat panels brought to court to show Tsarnaev notehttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389444-feds-want-boat-panels-brought-to-court-to-tsarnaev-note.html
BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors want panels of the boat in which Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding to be brought to court to show jurors what they say is his written confession, but his lawyers want them to see the entire bullet-ridden boat.
Prosecutors have said Tsarnaev scrawled the motive for the deadly attack inside the boat...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 02:20:40 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389444-feds-want-boat-panels-brought-to-court-to-tsarnaev-note.html2015-03-03T02:20:40ZOfficial: Man on terror most-wanted list detained in Somaliahttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3390314-official-man-terror-most-wanted-list-detained-somalia.html
McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A former taxi driver from Northern Virginia who was recently placed on the FBI's list of most-wanted terrorists has been captured in Somalia, a U.S. law enforcement official said Monday.
The official told The Associated Press that Liban Mohamed, 29, is currently in Somali custody. The official would not describe what efforts would be ma...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 01:44:54 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3390314-official-man-terror-most-wanted-list-detained-somalia.html2015-03-03T01:44:54ZWoman with slain Putin critic says she didn't see his killerhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3388618-woman-with-slain-putin-critic-killer.html
MOSCOW (AP) — The 23-year-old Ukrainian model who was with slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov tearfully recounted Monday their last dinner in a chic Red Square restaurant and their walk onto a nearby bridge — but said she did not see the gunman who pulled the trigger.
The emotional account by Anna Duritskaya came amid a swirl of speculation about who w...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:32:30 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3388618-woman-with-slain-putin-critic-killer.html2015-03-03T00:32:30ZSuspect declared 'Heil Hitler!' after Jewish site shootingshttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389582-suspect-declared-heil-hitler-jewish-site-shootings.html
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting three people at Jewish sites in Kansas declared "Heil Hitler!" and asked how many Jews he had killed after the attacks, a police officer testified Monday during a hearing in which the man's apology to some survivors was rejected.
Frazier Glenn Miller, 74, is charged with capital murder in the April 13,...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:15:51 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389582-suspect-declared-heil-hitler-jewish-site-shootings.html2015-03-03T00:15:51Z'Black Madam' falls ill after 2 days of colorful testimonyhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3388918-black-madam-falls-ill-2-days-colorful-testimony.html
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An underground "body sculptor" charged in the death of a London dancer has tangled with a prosecutor who believes her ever-changing names, addresses and business ventures are the work of a classic con.
But the hip-hop artist and onetime escort-service entrepreneur known as the "Black Madam" insists she never tried to defraud anyone. "I...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 23:23:13 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3388918-black-madam-falls-ill-2-days-colorful-testimony.html2015-03-02T23:23:13ZAmish jailed in beard-cutting attacks win lower sentenceshttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3388566-amish-jailed-beard-cutting-attacks-win-lower-sentences.html
CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge reduced the prison sentences Monday for the leader of a breakaway Amish group and seven followers after their hate-crime convictions were thrown out in their hair- and beard-chopping attacks against fellow members of the faith.
The Ohio group's leader, Samuel Mullet Sr., saw his 15-year term reduced to 10 years, nine months. His f...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 23:10:59 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3388566-amish-jailed-beard-cutting-attacks-win-lower-sentences.html2015-03-02T23:10:59Z$4.8M in gold bars stolen in armored truck heist on highwayhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389484-48m-gold-bars-stolen-armored-truck-heist-highway.html
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Shortly after dusk along a lonely stretch of Interstate 95, armed robbers hijacked an armored truck, tied up the two guards and disappeared into the night with 275 pounds of gold bars.
The guards working for Transvalue Inc. of Miami reported pulling off to the side of the interstate about 6:30 p.m. Sunday after their vehicle began hav...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:56:21 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389484-48m-gold-bars-stolen-armored-truck-heist-highway.html2015-03-02T22:56:21ZCleveland leaders apologize over blaming boy for own deathhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3390164-cleveland-leaders-apologize-blaming-boy-death.html
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland's mayor apologized on Monday after the city's lawyers suggested in court documents that a 12-year-old boy who had a pellet gun when he was shot by police died as a result of his own actions.
Mayor Frank Jackson said the city's response to a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Tamir Rice's family was poorly worded and offensive. "...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:52:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3390164-cleveland-leaders-apologize-blaming-boy-death.html2015-03-02T22:52:00ZJudge: CeeLo Green in compliance with probation in drug casehttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/3389570-judge-ceelo-green-compliance-with-probation-drug-case.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — CeeLo Green has completed more than 150 hours of community service and is complying with counseling requirements that are conditions of his probation in a felony drug case, court records show.
The Grammy Award-winning singer has been working with homeless veterans in Los Angeles' Skid Row neighborhood and with a music foundation, accord...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:46:01 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/3389570-judge-ceelo-green-compliance-with-probation-drug-case.html2015-03-02T22:46:01ZWoman admits digging up dad's grave in search of 'real will'http://www.mail.com/news/us/3389638-woman-admits-digging-up-dads-grave-search-real-will.html
LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — A woman who told police she dug up her father's grave in search of his "real will" but found only vodka and cigarettes pleaded guilty Monday.
Melanie Nash, 53, was one of four accused in the plan to open Eddie Nash's vault in Colebrook, then rifle through his casket last May in a scene a prosecutor compared to an Edgar Allan Poe sto...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:06:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389638-woman-admits-digging-up-dads-grave-search-real-will.html2015-03-02T22:06:00Z'Suge' Knight taken to hospital after court hearinghttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/3389824-suge-knight-taken-to-hospital-court-hearing.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight told a judge that he is suffering from blindness and other health complications moments before he was taken to a hospital Monday morning.
Knight told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin that he had fired attorneys handling his murder case and was receiving inadequate medical treatment wh...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:16:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/3389824-suge-knight-taken-to-hospital-court-hearing.html2015-03-02T21:16:00ZObama: 'Now is the moment' for police to make changeshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3388678-obama-now-moment-police-to-changes.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday the deaths of unarmed black men in Missouri and New York show that law enforcement needs to change practices to build trust in minority communities, as a White House task force called for independent investigations when police use deadly force.
The president said last year's deaths of Michael Brown in F...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:22:47 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3388678-obama-now-moment-police-to-changes.html2015-03-02T20:22:47ZMother of Georgia man killed by police denies he was armedhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389456-mother-georgia-man-killed-police-denies-was-armed.html
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The mother of a handcuffed man killed by police said Monday she doesn't believe investigators' findings that her son was armed with a gun and she suspects a cover-up to protect the officer who shot him five times.
Charles Smith, 29, died minutes after Savannah-Chatham County police arrested him Sept. 18 at a convenience store on warra...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:05:18 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3389456-mother-georgia-man-killed-police-denies-was-armed.html2015-03-02T20:05:18Z